Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 466 425 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 13.96% 10.14% 16.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.32% 40.63% 49.20%
Number of salaries quoted 365 286 307
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £85,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

All Cloud Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 874 1,046 746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.18% 24.95% 33.82%
Number of salaries quoted 661 565 608
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -2.45%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire +13 146 £36,000 -24.21% 85
Hertfordshire +3 131 £55,000 -4.62% 87
Essex +11 95 £40,000 -20.79% 58
Bedfordshire -1 52 £32,500 -35.00% 32
Suffolk -8 30 £47,500 +50.79% 26
Norfolk -16 8 £60,000 +87.50% 21
East Anglia - 4 £95,000 - 54
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 65 (13.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (10.30%) SharePoint
3 28 (6.01%) Confluence
4 6 (1.29%) IIS
4 6 (1.29%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.86%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.86%) CMS
6 3 (0.64%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.64%) WordPress
7 2 (0.43%) Appian
Applications
1 51 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 173 (37.12%) Microsoft 365
2 114 (24.46%) Power Platform
3 107 (22.96%) Entra ID
4 78 (16.74%) AWS
5 41 (8.80%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (8.80%) Azure Logic Apps
6 36 (7.73%) Power Automate
7 35 (7.51%) PowerApps
8 25 (5.36%) Serverless
9 22 (4.72%) GCP
10 20 (4.29%) SaaS
11 16 (3.43%) OneDrive
12 13 (2.79%) IaaS
12 13 (2.79%) PaaS
13 11 (2.36%) GitHub
14 8 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (1.72%) Google Workspace
14 8 (1.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 72 (15.45%) Firewall
2 38 (8.15%) DHCP
2 38 (8.15%) DNS
3 31 (6.65%) Wireless
4 29 (6.22%) VPN
5 25 (5.36%) WAN
6 23 (4.94%) TCP/IP
7 22 (4.72%) Internet
8 18 (3.86%) LAN
9 13 (2.79%) VLAN
10 11 (2.36%) SAN
10 11 (2.36%) WLAN
11 9 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (1.72%) SSL
13 7 (1.50%) IP Telephony
14 6 (1.29%) DMARC
15 5 (1.07%) SD-WAN
16 4 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
16 4 (0.86%) VoIP
17 3 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (16.09%) Power BI
2 68 (14.59%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.43%) MySQL
4 11 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.72%) Oracle Database
6 7 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.07%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.64%) Power Query
11 2 (0.43%) Big Data
11 2 (0.43%) Metadata
11 2 (0.43%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (8.58%) JIRA
2 28 (6.01%) Git
3 18 (3.86%) GitLab
3 18 (3.86%) Selenium
4 15 (3.22%) Bitbucket
4 15 (3.22%) Cucumber
4 15 (3.22%) Maven
4 15 (3.22%) SonarQube
4 15 (3.22%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.64%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.43%) MSTest
6 2 (0.43%) NUnit
6 2 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.43%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.43%) Snyk
6 2 (0.43%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.43%) TestNG
7 1 (0.21%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.21%) Postman
General
1 106 (22.75%) Social Skills
2 58 (12.45%) Finance
3 34 (7.30%) Retail
4 22 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.51%) Law
6 20 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.86%) Automotive
8 16 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (3.22%) Banking
9 15 (3.22%) Legal
10 11 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.72%) Back Office
11 8 (1.72%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.29%) Czech Language
12 6 (1.29%) Marketing
12 6 (1.29%) Multimedia
12 6 (1.29%) Publishing
13 5 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.07%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.86%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 76 (16.31%) Analyst
2 54 (11.59%) Support Analyst
3 51 (10.94%) IT Support
4 50 (10.73%) Developer
4 50 (10.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 48 (10.30%) Azure Engineer
6 41 (8.80%) Support Engineer
7 29 (6.22%) 1st Line Support
8 28 (6.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 28 (6.01%) Administrator
8 28 (6.01%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 28 (6.01%) Senior
9 26 (5.58%) Architect
10 25 (5.36%) IT Engineer
11 24 (5.15%) Cloud Engineer
12 20 (4.29%) 3rd Line Support
12 20 (4.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 19 (4.08%) IT Administrator
13 19 (4.08%) Lead
14 18 (3.86%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (14.81%) .NET
2 44 (9.44%) React
3 35 (7.51%) CSS
4 25 (5.36%) HTML
5 19 (4.08%) Kafka
6 17 (3.65%) Spring
6 17 (3.65%) Spring Boot
7 15 (3.22%) ASP.NET
7 15 (3.22%) JPA
7 15 (3.22%) Redux
7 15 (3.22%) Web Services
8 14 (3.00%) Vue
9 13 (2.79%) Hibernate
9 13 (2.79%) YAML
10 12 (2.58%) jQuery
10 12 (2.58%) REST
11 11 (2.36%) HTML5 Canvas
12 7 (1.50%) AngularJS
12 7 (1.50%) ARM Templates
13 6 (1.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.65%) Enterprise Software
2 22 (4.72%) Product Ownership
3 19 (4.08%) IoT
4 17 (3.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (3.65%) NHS
5 15 (3.22%) Data Centre
5 15 (3.22%) Driving Licence
6 14 (3.00%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.50%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.29%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.07%) Clustering
10 5 (1.07%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (0.86%) iPad
11 4 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.64%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.64%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.43%) Digital Signage
13 2 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 176 (37.77%) Windows
2 134 (28.76%) Windows Server
3 49 (10.52%) Windows Server 2019
4 38 (8.15%) Windows 10
5 36 (7.73%) Mac OS
6 26 (5.58%) Linux
7 17 (3.65%) Android
8 16 (3.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (2.79%) Apple iOS
10 8 (1.72%) Unix
11 5 (1.07%) VMS
12 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.21%) SUSE
12 1 (0.21%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.21%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.21%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (27.90%) Problem-Solving
2 115 (24.68%) Customer Service
3 99 (21.24%) ITIL
4 94 (20.17%) Agile
5 78 (16.74%) Business Intelligence
6 77 (16.52%) DevOps
7 72 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 72 (15.45%) Stakeholder Management
8 70 (15.02%) CI/CD
9 59 (12.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 51 (10.94%) Analytics
11 48 (10.30%) Data Analysis
11 48 (10.30%) Process Improvement
12 46 (9.87%) Software Engineering
13 45 (9.66%) Roadmaps
14 41 (8.80%) Data Analytics
15 39 (8.37%) Mentoring
16 38 (8.15%) Full-Stack Development
16 38 (8.15%) Microservices
17 37 (7.94%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 88 (18.88%) PowerShell
2 67 (14.38%) C#
3 66 (14.16%) SQL
4 63 (13.52%) JavaScript
5 45 (9.66%) Python
6 40 (8.58%) Java
7 17 (3.65%) PHP
8 16 (3.43%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.79%) VB.NET
10 11 (2.36%) C++
11 6 (1.29%) Bash
11 6 (1.29%) Bicep
11 6 (1.29%) VBA
11 6 (1.29%) VBScript
12 5 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.07%) R
13 1 (0.21%) C
13 1 (0.21%) Go
Qualifications
1 79 (16.95%) DBS Check
2 65 (13.95%) Degree
3 62 (13.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (5.58%) Azure Certification
5 25 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (3.43%) CCNA
8 13 (2.79%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.79%) Security Cleared
9 12 (2.58%) A+ Certification
10 10 (2.15%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (1.93%) SC Cleared
12 8 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (1.72%) MCP
12 8 (1.72%) MCSA
13 6 (1.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (1.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (1.29%) MCITP
13 6 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.86%) QA
2 15 (3.22%) GDPR
3 11 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.50%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.29%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.07%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.86%) PMO
9 3 (0.64%) SLA
10 2 (0.43%) GxP
10 2 (0.43%) NIST
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.21%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 144 (30.90%) Active Directory
2 40 (8.58%) Hyper-V
3 36 (7.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (6.87%) Docker
5 20 (4.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.86%) vSphere
8 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 85 (18.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (5.36%) Terraform
3 24 (5.15%) Kubernetes
4 16 (3.43%) SCCM
5 15 (3.22%) Backup Exec
6 7 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.29%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.07%) Ansible
9 4 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.86%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.64%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.43%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.43%) Puppet
11 2 (0.43%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.21%) CASB
12 1 (0.21%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 297 (63.73%) Microsoft
2 43 (9.23%) VMware
3 20 (4.29%) Veeam
4 19 (4.08%) Apple
5 15 (3.22%) DevExpress
5 15 (3.22%) Oracle
5 15 (3.22%) Solace
6 14 (3.00%) Atlassian
6 14 (3.00%) Cisco
7 11 (2.36%) Google
7 11 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.15%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (2.15%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.15%) Palo Alto
8 10 (2.15%) Samsung
9 9 (1.93%) SAP
10 8 (1.72%) Dell
10 8 (1.72%) HP
10 8 (1.72%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.50%) IBM